Smarter mood theme import

[azurelunatic]

Title:
Smarter mood theme import

Area:
moods, making life easier

Summary:
You should be able to aim the mood theme assignment tool at a web-accessible directory with images named after the moods, and have it assign the image of the same name as the mood to that mood.

Description:
Currently, assigning images to moods in a theme either means console commands or entering the URI of the specific image for each mood in the custom mood theme editor (http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/moodthemes).

You should be able to point the custom mood theme editor to a web directory with images in it, and have the editor iterate through the names of the moods and check to see if there is an image file (of acceptable image file types/extensions, in any reasonable case combination, for case-sensitive hosts) named for that mood; if there is one, then it should set that mood's image accordingly. (Or, to save time and computerjuice, ask the user to specify the file extension and capitalization of name/extension, as well as the directory location, then iterate through once those have been pre-filled-in.)

Once DW's image hosting has been set up, this should be easily adoptable to work with upload-and-set-mood-theme.

This would trade user convenience for some of Dreamwidth's processing power and bandwidth. Creating custom mood themes is already a paid feature. If it would be necessary to pay more for this, it might be a decent premium paid feature.

Companion suggestion to http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/357809.html

Poll #3460 Smarter mood theme import

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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Should be implemented as-is.
31 (81.6%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (2.6%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (2.6%)

(I have no opinion)
5 (13.2%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[jadelennox]

I agree that this might be nice premium paid.

[axiom_of_stripe]

Once DW's image hosting has been set up, this should be easily adoptable to work with upload-and-set-mood-theme.

Yes, please! This was one of the teeth-grindingly aggravating things about using the LJ Scrapbook for mood themes that you wanted to share.

[delladea]

I agree, this would be an excellent paid feature.

[kareila]

This is already assigned in Bugzilla.

http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230